enemy
Definition:
ἐχθρός, -ά, -όν (< ἔχθος, hatred), [in LXX chiefly for אֵיבָה, also for עָר, etc;] 1) hated, hateful (Hom.): opp. to ἀγαπητός, Rom.11:28. 2) Actively, hating, hostile: Rom.5:10, 1Co.15:25, 2Th.3:15; with genitive of person(s) (cl.), Jas.4:4; τ. διανοίᾳ, Col.1:21; ἐ. ἄνθρωπος, Mat.13:28; as subst, ὁ ἐ, an enemy, 1Co.15:26; the devil, Mat.13:39, Luk.10:19; with genitive of person(s), Mat.22:44 Mrk.12:36, Luk.20:43, Act.2:35, 1Co.15:25, Heb.1:13 10:13 " (LXX); Mat.5:43-44 10:36 13:25, Luk.1:71, 74 6:27, 35 19:27, 43, Rom.12:20, Gal.4:16, Rev.11:5, 12; with genitive of thing(s), Act.13:10, Php.3:18. (AS)
Definition:
ἐχθρός, ά, όν, (ἔχθος)
hated, hateful, of persons and things, frequently from [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐ. γάρ μοι κεῖνος ὁμῶς Ἀΐδαο πύλῃσι [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐχθρὸν δέ μοί ἐστιν c.
infinitive, 'tis
hateful to me to, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; compare θεοισεχθρός.
II)
active,
hating, hostile, first in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
averse from insolence, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III) as
substantive, ἐχθρός, ὁ,
enemy, where the
active and
passive senses frequently coincide, [
Refs 8th c.BC+] is
one who has been φίλος,
but is alienated; πολέμιος
one who is at war; δυσμενής
one who has long been alienated and refuses to be reconciled. IV) regular
comparative ἐχθρότερος [
Refs 4th c.BC+];
superlative -ότατος [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
V)
adverb ἐχθρῶς, μισοῦντες [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
comparative -οτέρως [
Refs 4th c.BC+]:
superlative -ότατα [
Refs]
Pronounciation:
ech-thros'
Definition:
hateful (passively, odious, or actively, hostile); usually as a noun, an adversary (especially Satan); enemy, foe; from a primary (to hate);